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Holga 120N Medium Format Film Camera Plastic Lens Black Body

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For many, the Holga evolved to become a symbol of resistance to the all-consuming technological boom of the late 20th century.

Recently, Holgas have become available in a kit form which acknowledges and even celebrates their low-tech nature. Due to its small size, every shot is a long exposure – from 1 second in sunlight to several hours on a dark night.So right away you’ll ask – how do I get properly exposed images with effectively 1 shutter speed and 2 different f/stops while I’m walking around with the Holga?

By purchasing anything using these links, Casual Photophile may receive a small commission at no additional charge to you. This is definitely better than the other way around, although some of my shots came out messier than I’d intended by having stuff around the edges that I thought I’d left out.Sales in the early 1980s were not good as the consumer market had already started down the road of 35mm, so the camera was almost shelved. Holga 135BC – A Holga already made for 35 mm film, plastic lens and the same lens mount of the Holgas 120 but with 47 mm lens, f1:8 or 1:11 and shutter speed 1/100. Holga cameras are also celebrated on World Toy Camera Day, which is celebrated every year on October 20.

The 120<\/span> GCFN<\/span><\/b> in black is a Holga <\/span> G<\/span><\/b> lass Lens Camera with a built-in <\/span> C<\/span><\/b> olour <\/span> F<\/span><\/b> lash which has four different colours (normal, blue, red and yellow).What was once profoundly surreal in the Holga has, through over-saturation, become nothing more than a cliché. Compare that with the image on the right, and that beautiful glow from where the light was directly hitting the couple from behind. So that all being said, I’ve been shooting with Holgas lately and have been enjoying the experience.

The camera’s usage of more expensive medium format film also meant that I was out a good amount of money every single time the Holga decided to fail.Simply purchase a roll of 35mm film and load it in, take your photos, rewind and have the film roll developed. Learn from my mistake and make sure you check that sucker every time you take your camera out, or you’ll end up with half a roll of blurry, over-exposed shots like I did. In the past I’ve been able to just simply hold one of my 77mm threaded filters over the front of the lens and that’s worked fairly well. In this respect, the Holga became the successor to the Diana and other toy cameras previously used in such work.

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